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$307,899,595

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC.

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ACTION DATE·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80GSFC18C0083_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THE WOMA REQUIREMENT WAS ISSUED AS A FULL AND OPEN COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT TO DESIGN, ANALYZE, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, INTEGRATE, TEST, AND EVALUATE THE WIDE FIELD INSTRUMENT (WFI) OPTO-MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY (WOMA) FOR THE WIDE FIELD INFRARED SURVEY TELESCOPE (WFIRST) MISSION. IN ADDITION, IT DEFINES THE TASKS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE SUBSEQUENT INTEGRATION, TEST, EVALUATION, AND VALIDATION OF THE WFI. IT DEFINES THE POST-DELIVERY SUPPORT TO PAYLOAD AND OBSERVATORY INTEGRATION AND TEST, AND TO PRE-LAUNCH, LAUNCH AND COMMISSIONING ACTIVITIES AT THE MISSION OPERATIONS CENTER (MOC) AND TO SUPPLY AND MAINTAIN THE INSTRUMENT GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT (GSE).

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In plain English

Design, develop, and fabricate the Wide Field Instrument opto-mechanical assembly for NASA's WFIRST space telescope mission.

Sub-sectors
space-telescopesoptical-instrumentsmission-hardware
Why this matters

WFIRST is a flagship NASA astrophysics mission critical for dark energy research and exoplanet detection, requiring advanced optical-mechanical engineering.

Supply-chain signal

Signals sustained demand for precision optical-mechanical integration and ground support equipment suppliers supporting NASA's major space observatories.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. space telescope capabilities represent strategic advantage in space science; China developing competing infrared survey missions.

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Period of performance
Start
2018-05-24
End
2026-12-31
Status
activein 231 days
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